1. Fractions Tasks
By: Marcy Myers

2. Farmer Fred
Farmer Fred’s fields are worth twelve hundred dollars total. The fields are formed with the same properties as your pattern blocks. Each field’s value is based on its size. What fraction of the total value is each field worth? How much is each field worth? Show and explain all of your mathematical thinking.
Pattern Blocks

3. Mike and Juan are walking to the lots in the diagram below
Mike and Juan are walking to the lots in the diagram below. The lots are formed with the same properties as your pattern blocks. They are going to clean each lot by removing papers, bottles, and cans. Each lot they clean will earn Mike and Juan points. If they earn a total of at least 75 points they will earn a reward. If Lot D is worth 20 points to clean up, what is the fair value of the other lots? If Mike and Juan clean up all the lots will they have earned enough points to earn a reward? Show all your mathematical thinking.

4. Little Bear wants to make a symmetrical design using yellow, red, green, and blue pattern blocks to put on his vest. The value of each green block is ten cents. Each colored block’s cost is proportional to the triangle’s cost. Design a pattern for Little Bear’s vest that is worth four dollars. Us at least two of each of the shapes you choose when you make your design. Show all your mathematical thinking.

5. Mr. Barton’s class decided to sell cookies to earn enough money to buy a kickball for $ The class baked cookies in the shape of the hexagon, trapezoid, and the triangle. The class decided to sell each hexagon shaped cookie for twenty-four cents. What would be a fair price to charge for the other two shaped cookies? The class sold all the different shaped cookies and earned exactly $ How many of each cookie could the class have baked? Show all your mathematical thinking.

6. The pin below has been passed down through many generations
The pin below has been passed down through many generations. The pin is divided into three large parts that look like the yellow pattern block. The first part is worth sixty dollars. Based on this information, what is the fair value of each section of the second part and each section of the third part of the golden pin? Show all your mathematical thinking.